Rollinsford police still following leads in bank robbery

ROLLINSFORD — Police are still following up on leads concerning a robbery that occurred on Aug 20. at the Oak Street branch of Citizens Bank.

Rollinsford Police Chief Robert Ducharme said his department was continuing to follow up on leads, but declined to say if the leads appeared to be promising.

The robbery occurred around 10 a.m. on the morning of Aug. 20 when a man with a goatee, wearing a bicycle helmet, with what appeared to be a baseball cap or visor underneath it, approached a teller at Citizens and demanded money while brandishing a gun.

After collecting an undisclosed amount of cash, the man, described as a Hispanic or light skinned black man in his 30s, fled on the bicycle, before getting in a light-colored, possibly silver Nissan vehicle driven by another man.

The vehicle is believed to have driven down Gulf Road toward Maine.

The robber was wearing an olive colored shirt, gloves and sunglasses at the time of the crime and is believed to be around 5 feet 5 inches tall.

According to witness accounts, a colored lei was draped over the rear view mirror and a child seat, with no child in it, was viewed in the back seat. In the passenger seat of the vehicle, a heavy-set woman was also observed.

Anyone with any information on the robbery is asked to call the Rollinsford Police Department's non-emergency line during business hours at 742-8549 or the 24-hour dispatch line at 742-2724.

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